History of Con Artists and Confidence Games video

History of Con Artists and Confidence Games video. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Famous Con Artists. Learn about the History of Con Artists and Confidence Games. Discover the secrets of some of the world's most treacherous con artists and learn about their notorious scams.
• Survey factual accounts of frauds perpetrated by notorious con artists, including Charles Ponzi, namesake of the Ponzi scheme; Cassie Chadwick, who bilked New York bankers by posing as Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter; and Big Mike McDonald, coiner of the phrase There's a sucker born every minute.
• Trace the motives and methods of con artists throughout history, from the cheating of Esau's birthright by Jacob as it is recounted in the Bible to the bilking of Stern magazine with the forged diaries of Adolf Hitler.
• Learn about scams committed by con artists through the eyes of award-winning true-crime writer Jay Robert Nash.
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